Grace Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe after South Africa assault allegation

Wife of Zimbabwe's president accused of assaulting 20-year-old woman at hotel in Johannesburg

Grace Mugabe, 52, reported to a police station in South Africa last Tuesday after she was accused of assaulting a young woman at an upscale Johannesburg hotel on Aug. 13, the South African police minister said. (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/Associated Press)

Zimbabwean state media reported that Robert Mugabe and the first lady arrived in Harare aboard an Air Zimbabwe plane. A source confirmed this to Reuters.

Harare has made no official comment on the allegations and requests for comment from Zimbabwean government officials have gone unanswered. The South African government has restricted all official comment to the police ministry.